Romans 8:26 ” The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We don’t know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.”

Charles Spurgeon once said, “True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length.” Perplexity as just how to pray for ourselves is a universal Christian experience. We try to articulate our longings and verbalize the pain inside to no avail. But the Holy Spirit is there, strengthening us in our state of weakness and interceding before the Father. In Psalm 38, David is suffering physically, mentally, and spiritually, and in verse 8 makes this all plainly known, “I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.” Sometimes we don’t have the words to pray, and sometimes all that can slip out is a deep guttural moan indicative of all the built-up pain & grief within. It’s then we can rest assured that the Holy Spirit is already at work making our requests known before God.